Africa

DEVELOPING STORY: Sudan paramilitaries say they took control of Khartoum airport

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Saturday 4/15/2023 Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Force said it had taken control of Khartoum airport…

China launches three days of military drills in Taiwan Strait

  Beijing, China | AFP | Saturday 4/8/2023 by James Edgar with Matthew Walsh in Pingtan China launched military drills…

Nearly a million Sahel children face ‘severe wasting’, UN says

DAKAR, Senegal (AFP) -- Nearly a million young children in Africa's Sahel region will face severe acute malnutrition this year…

10 Nigeria schoolchildren kidnapped: official

Kano, Nigeria | AFP | Tuesday 4/4/2023 Ten students have been kidnapped in northwest Nigeria's Kaduna State where criminal gangs…

S.Africa’s Pistorius denied parole decade after killing girlfriend

  Pretoria, South Africa | AFP | by Dinki Mkhize South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was refused parole on…

S.Africa’s Pistorius up for parole in girlfriend’s murder

  Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Wednesday 3/29/2023  by Umberto BACCHI South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius might be…

Freed French journalist returns home to emotional welcome

  by Delphine TOUITOU with Camille LAFFONT in Niamey French journalist Olivier Dubois, 48, made an emotional return home on…

Cyclone Freddy leaves half a million displaced in Malawi: UN

The deadly cyclone that lashed Malawi last week has displaced more than half a million people in the country, the…

Gabon ferry disaster toll rises to 26 dead

LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AFP) -- The toll from this month's ferry disaster off the coast of Gabon has risen to 26…

Somalia drought could lead to 135 deaths a day: UN study

The record drought sweeping the Horn of Africa may lead to 135 deaths a day in Somalia between January and…

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